Daily Archives: May 9, 2017

Moon Jae-in has criticised former governments for failing to stop North Korea’s weapons development.SEOUL: South Koreans began voting on Tuesday to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.Unless there is a major upset,…

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s top aide and government minister has shrugged off charges he is working in cohorts with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to topple the Zanu-PF strongman.

In an effort to secure another parliamentary seat in Busoga sub-region, President Museveni has again hit the campaign trail, this time expressing his dislike against people he believes will stand in his way once elected to the House.

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced the minority Christian governor of Jakarta to two years in prison for blaspheming the Quran, a shock decision that undermines the country’s reputation for practicing a moderate form of Islam.

Juba, South Sudan | AFP | South Sudan President Salva Kiir sacked his powerful, hardline army chief Paul Malong on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. General Paul Malong, long regarded as an ethnic nationalist of Kiir’s majority Dinka tribe, was replaced by General James Ajongo Mawut, a career soldier. “The decrees are two: one …

A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to produce the Managing Director of Capital Oil Ifeanyi Uba on May 12. This was sequel to the directive by Justice Mohammed Idris to the DSS to come and explain why the businessman should not be released. Continue reading